Friday, July 25, 2008

Last minute testing

It's been a long week of 15 hour days. The Robotics Club has taken more meals together this week than most American nuclear families. But, after much testing, our efforts have paid off.

Today, Seahorse III drove underwater while maintaining headings and depths and tilts and I'm sure many other important things. Coolest of all, Seahorse was able to drive toward the pinger and stop right on top of it from a dead start facing away from the pinger! Hurrah!

Tomorrow we will pack up anything we could possibly need and load it into a rented suburban. Two of us will set off across Texas in that suburban on Sunday (Because putting our baby in cargo? Not an option.), while another two will hop on a plane on Monday.

Interesting factoid of the day: Texas is big. We'll start in Dallas and drive halfway to San Diego before we stop for the night. And we'll still be in Texas. El Paso. Is that crazy or what?

1 comment:

Austin said...

Greetings from Krakow, Poland! I'm so excited for you guys, and will be watching the proceedings intently this week. Keep us posted!